Vehicle-wheel.



No. 735,812. PATENTED AUG. 11, 190s. E. 11.l PEIPPS. VEHICLE WHEEL.. APPLICATION FILED APB. 18, 1902. BENEWED JAN. 14. 1903.

N0 MODEL.

` ATTORNEY;

no. 'tasa UNiTED STATES atented August 11 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD H. PHIPPS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TOA PHIPPS ROAD OAR COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

VEH lCLE-WH EEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 735,812', dated August 11, 1903. Application filed April 18, 1902. Renewed January 14, 1903. Serial No. 139.078. (No modell .To all whom it may concern: u

Be it known that I, EDWARD H. PHIPPS, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Vehicle Wheelspf which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to improvements in vehicle wheels, and while my invention is especiallyintended for use in connection with motor-vehicles it is also applicable -to any ordinary vehicle. f The object of my invention is to pvroduce'a cheap and simple metallic wheel which can be practically stamped out to the end'that it may be made cheaply and of accurate pro portions and also to construct the wheel in such a way that it will be verylight and particularly strong in proportion to its weight.

To these ends my invention consists of a wheel the construction of which will be hereinafter' specifically described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar figures of reference referto similar parts throughout the several views.

Figure lis a sectional elevation ofthe wheel embodied in my invention.' Fig. 2 is a vertical cross-section of the same, and Fig. 3 is a broken sectional elevation of -a slightlymodified form of the wheel.

The wheel can be made of any suitable metal, but is preferably made from steel. It

has a hub 10, which, as shown, is hollow, asl

usual, but which can be made in any desired shape to suit any required style of vehicle -or axle, and, as shown, the outer endof the hub is provided with the customary nut 11.

Around the central part of the hub are the parallel flanges 12 and'12a, the former being integral with the hub and the latter being made on the sleeve 13, this form being for convenience in putting the parts of the ,wheel together, as will presently appear. The sleeve 13 fits snugly to the hub, and in the finished wheel the two flanges 12 and 12 are united.

Between the flanges 12 and 12a is an annulus or ring 14, which is preferably nat and which is used to stiffen the body portion of the wheel. This latter is made up of opposed and similar plates 15, of sheet metal, preferably steel, which near the hub are expanded The wheel is provided with a felly 19, which.

is formed half on one part 15 and half on the opposed part, and it will be readily seen that the parts 15 can be very easily stamped, so as to form the body part 1 5, the felly 19, and the expanded part 16.

It will be seen, too, that when the wheel is put together as described it is exceedingly rigid and that yby reason of the form of fastening thin metal can be used in its manufacture and still make a very strong wheel.

I have shown the common form of tire 20, secured to the felly 19 as usual.

To improve the appearance of the wheel, the body part can be cut awayin portions, as shown at 21 in Fig. 3, and this or the form shown in Fig. -1 (a spider 14a) can be substituted for the annulus 14.

In carrying out my invention I prefer to have the parts l5 abut with each other throughout the greater portion of their surfaces, as the wheel is thereby made stronger; but I do not limit myself to this precise construction.

Having now fully'described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. As an improved articleof manufacture,

'a vehicle-wheel comprising a hub having a circumferential flange, a sleeve on said hub also having a circumferential Iiange, abody formed of two fiat metallic sheets lying `together, each sheet consisting of a disk perfo rated at its center, having its outer periphery iianged to form part of a felly, and having an osetatits inner periphery,said two osets being adapted to inclose a strengthening-ring, and means for fastening said flanges, disks and straightening-ring together.

2. As an improved article of manufacture, a vehicle-wheel comprising a hub having a IOO circumferential flange, a sleeve on said hub rib with radially-arranged arms located behavingacircumferential flange, abodymade tween the sheets4 and fastened thereto, the

of flat metallic sheets lying together forming said body portion lying between the flanges 15 on theirouter edges a felly and embracing on and being secured thereto.

5 their inner peripheriesastrengthening-ring, In testimony whereof I have signed my said flanges, the ring and the sheets being name to this specification in the presence of fastened together. two subscribing witnesses.

3. As an improved article of manufacture, EDWARD H. PHIPPS.

a vehicle-Wheel comprising a hub having a 1o circumferential flange, a sleeve on said hub In presence ofhaving a circumferential flange, a body WARREN B. I'IUTCHINSON, formed of metallic sheets, a strengtheningl THERON DAVIS. 

